ree

ree · adjective, noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*krewh₂-“raw meat, fresh blood”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hreuhaz“bad, wild”
3. Old English · inherited fromhrēoh“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”
4. Middle English · inherited fromrei
5. English todayree

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hrē (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inrauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

ree · verb²

Compare riddle (“a sieve”).

ree · noun³

Of obscure origin. Perhaps from a rebracketing of ea with Old English þære, i.e. þære ēa becoming the ree. Alternatively, perhaps a variant (like rye, found in the placename Rye) of rith.

ree · noun⁴

1. Old Norse · derived fromhríð“storm”
2. English todayree

From Old Norse hríð (“storm”), whence also Norwegian Nynorsk ri (“period with harsh weather”).

Ree · noun⁵

Clipping of Arikaree (“variant of Arikara”).

Ree · proper noun⁶

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Rea, Ray. * As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads, from an obsolete Old Norse word meaning "gravelly ridge." * As a Korean surname, variant of Ri, itself a variant of Yi.

Words from the same roots